Custom Copy
Custom Copy. A second or subsequent medal made for a recipient as for a second uniform or to replace a lost original, or for other official use. A custom copy is also called replacement medal or jeweler's copy if obtained from a jeweler. See copies and replicas.
excerpted with permission from
An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor